Mandrake Linux Advisory: ethereal

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           ethereal
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:051
Date:                   March 24th, 2003

Affected versions:      9.1
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Problem Description:

 A vulnerability was discovered in Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier that
 allows a remote attacker to use specially crafted SOCKS packets to
 cause a denial of service (DoS) and possibly execute arbitrary
 code.
 
 A similar vulnerability also exists in the NTLMSSP code in Ethereal
 0.9.9 and earlier, due to a heap-based buffer overflow.
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References:
  
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0081
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0159
  http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html
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Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrake Linux 9.1:
 0305a98a99d02249cf4394e0813530ce  9.1/RPMS/ethereal-0.9.11-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 10959548f2d2b3b0b8098669511611bb  9.1/SRPMS/ethereal-0.9.11-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
 b1a6d31b7bae110678b4715e0e83a042  ppc/9.1/RPMS/ethereal-0.9.11-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 10959548f2d2b3b0b8098669511611bb  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/ethereal-0.9.11-1.1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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